Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways
MARTHA BELLISLE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press
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Immigration court volunteer Marjorie Miller gives guidance and support to a Colombian man who was about to be taken into custody by Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers in the hallway June 3 after his hearing with an immigration judge in Seattle.
Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
A family from Cuba is detained and loaded on a bus with tinted windows and bars June 11 following an appearance at an immigration court in San Antonio.
Eric Gay, Associated Press
An immigrant woman whose partner was detained in immigration court cries July 8 during a news conference in New York.
MARTHA BELLISLE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom, taking his car keys for safe-keeping, helping him memorize phone numbers and gathering the names of family members who needed to be notified.
Immigration court volunteer Marjorie Miller gives guidance and support to a Colombian man who was about to be taken into custody by Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers in the hallway June 3 after his hearing with an immigration judge in Seattle.
A family from Cuba is detained and loaded on a bus with tinted windows and bars June 11 following an appearance at an immigration court in San Antonio.